Siberian rubythroat
Luscinia calliope (Pallas, 1776)
Status not recordedsongbirds
The siberian rubythroat (Luscinia calliope) is a species in the family Muscicapidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 18.5 g to 24.2 g.

Quick facts about the siberian rubythroat
- Weight
- 18.5 g – 24.2 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- shrublandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 5src for Young per litter or clutch
- Litters or clutches a year
- 1src for Litters or clutches a year
- Lifestyle
- Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Migratorysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the siberian rubythroat live?
Not recorded
Is the siberian rubythroat endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the siberian rubythroat classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyMuscicapidae
- genusLuscinia
- SpeciesLuscinia calliope (Pallas, 1776)
Synonyms Calliope calliope, Calliope calliope anadyrensis, Calliope calliope calliope, Calliope calliope natio anadyrensis, Calliope calliope sachalinensis, Calliope lathamii, Erithacus calliope, Motacilla calliope
Other names and names in other languages (1)
- RubinkehlchenGerman
Relatives of the siberian rubythroat
Other species in the same genus Luscinia.

Common nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchos

Bluethroat
Luscinia svecica

Thrush nightingale
Luscinia luscinia
White-bellied redstart
Luscinia phaenicuroides
Indian blue robin
Luscinia brunnea

Siberian blue robin
Luscinia cyane
CompareSiberian rubythroat vs Common nightingaleSiberian rubythroat vs BluethroatSiberian rubythroat vs Thrush nightingaleSiberian rubythroat vs White-bellied redstart
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the siberian rubythroat?
An adult siberian rubythroat weighs 18.5 g – 24.2 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the siberian rubythroat?
The siberian rubythroat (Luscinia calliope) belongs to the family Muscicapidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
Wikimedia Commons contributors. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org (each file credited to its author under its own licence). - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service).
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